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*'''18 December.''' ''Natural Gas Europe'' reports: {{Quotebox|"In 2015, [[Papadopoulos]] joined the London Center of International Law Practice as the director of the Center for International Energy and Natural Resources Law and Security. Papadopoulos focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the Caspian region.<br>In 2015, he spoke to a business and energy convention in Israel, explaining the complex market for natural gas in the region. At the conference, he touched on issues of U.S.-Israel-Russia relations in an interview with Natural Gas Europe.<ref>https://www.naturalgasworld.com/united-states-russia-gas-east-mediterranean-27020</ref>}} [[Joseph Mifsud]] joined the London Center of International Law Practice (LCILP) a month earlier. Mifsud and Papadopoulos reportedly never crossed paths until March 14, 2016 - in [[Italy]].
*'''21 December.''' Brent Budowsky discusses Clinton strategy with John Podesta: {{quotebox|Best approach is to slaughter Donald for his bromance with Putin.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/25651</ref>}}
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*'''22 December.''' ''Daily Caller'' reports that the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked the IRS to investigate a $350,000 payment that the Clinton Foundation made to Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign for an email list of potential donors.